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To ask what your shittest wedding present was? (lighthearted)

161 replies

AiryFairyUnicornRainbow · 01/11/2018 01:47

When we got married ten years ago, we didn't do a registry or request thingy - we told people we didn't want presents at all - however some folk insisted - we were even called awkward for not doing a request - and some of the presents ended up in the charity shop

Worst one, was an ugly picture frame...like the worst thing I have ever seen in my life

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foxyliz26 · 01/11/2018 02:03

Amongst other things my ex mother in law bought us a vile Plate with both our names on , I am so clumsy I dropped it and it smashed in many pieces she bought another one for our first anniversary that got smashed too ..........

SputnikBear · 01/11/2018 02:48

Someone gave us a hideous slate clock with Live Laugh Love printed on it. We couldn’t even re-gift it because it was personalised with The Sputniks right across the face. To add insult to injury, we aren’t even The Sputniks because I didn’t take DH’s surname!

MarcieBluebell · 01/11/2018 02:57

Someone bought me some sexy lingerie. It wasn't a joke present.

mindutopia · 01/11/2018 02:59

A shisha pipe. We very much had a gift list (we moved countries when we got married and didn’t actually live together before, due to move, so actually really needed stuff on the list as we didn’t have a plate to eat off of). I’m also asthmatic, neither of us smokes shisha. And frankly, we were in our early 30s, not 17. I thought it was a joke.

hodgeheg92 · 01/11/2018 03:02

Sexy lingerie wins 😂

We got a candle holder with live, laugh, love on it. I guess some people would have liked it (hope someone did anyway cos it went to the charity shop).

Weathermonger · 01/11/2018 03:31

Easy my aunt gave us a box of table mats. Not so bad, except the FIRST time I went to use them, I discovered food stains on them. Not sure if she took them out her own drawer, or got them from a market stall, but they got binned.

chardonm · 01/11/2018 04:02

Sexy lingerie is often given in the USA for bridal showers!

chardonm · 01/11/2018 04:04

Our worst was also a picture frame with some variation of "live love laugh" - who likes this shit?!?

EleanorAbernathy · 01/11/2018 04:07

SIL gave us a tenner and a packet of biros! Grin

PocketFullofMumbles · 01/11/2018 04:12

An absolutely beautiful antique canteen of silver cutlery, that cost thousands of pounds from PiL.

We were 23 and barely had enough money for rent 🙈 we’ve used it once in 12 years and it’s spent the rest of its life underneath the TV, raising it to the perfect viewing height! Such a waste of money...

StarfishSandwich · 01/11/2018 04:36

A picture frame with a big fake pearl and some crystals on. It honestly must have cost £5 at most in a supermarket or something. Gift giving couple are usually very tasteful (and generous!) so not sure what we had done wrong! I won’t lie, I did thoroughly inspect the frame, expecting to find some cash or a gift card hidden inside 😬😂

paffuto · 01/11/2018 04:40

foxyliz26 that's a bit meanWink Our worst was two pairs of socks, one his and one hers !!!

flumpybear · 01/11/2018 04:48

Step sister bought us a cheap version of the crystal rose bowl and decanter .. there were chips in the crystal around the rim of the bowl, quite a few chips and no broken glaaa in the.box

Kariloo82 · 01/11/2018 04:49

We went to a wedding not long before our own, it was my (now) husband's work friend. We gave them a card with $150 (Aus) in it. I distinctly remember putting it in the wishing well. When we got married about 6 months later we also had a wishing well. From them we received a candle & photo frame. I genuinely think they were re-gifted from their own wedding. I've been wondering ever since if something happened to the card we gave them!

SiolGhoraidh · 01/11/2018 04:50

From my cousin. A decanter engraved with Mr and Mrs MyMaidenName. Pretty sure it was a regift from his wedding a couple of years prior.

From a great aunty. Stick blender covered in elderly cake mix.

OscarWildesGreenCarnation · 01/11/2018 05:00

A wooden urn shaped pot, about three inches high... I shook it to make sure there weren't any ashes in it, frankly. Odd!

Biggreygoose · 01/11/2018 05:25

@oscar is it a replica of the ashes trophy?

(Which is tiny)

Our was a deep fat fryer.

For no reason. Wasn't on the list. We knew the people well enough that they would know we aren't particular fans of deep frying. It was weird.

SadieContrary · 01/11/2018 05:56

A Swarovski crystal cat.
It cost about £70 too. Bless them.

Like the OP, we had no list and said no gifts. The couple bought it for us as they knew we had cats 😂

BusterGonad · 01/11/2018 06:10

I would've loved the a Swarovski crystal cat!

CoffeeWithMyOxygen · 01/11/2018 06:11

A decorative glass aubergine. To this day we have no idea, it got swiftly charity shopped!

Blanchedupetitpois · 01/11/2018 06:16

Two sewn together ‘me to you’ teddy bears holding a naff satin heart and a box frame full of bright blue crystals and our names and the date of the wedding in swirly glitter writing. We still appreciated the thought as the sentiment was sweet, but my god they were hideous.

wewillrememberthem · 01/11/2018 06:19

The man I married 

EdisonLightBulb · 01/11/2018 06:33

These are really funny. The only present I remember was a three tier steamer and that's because I still use it decades later. It was a great present. No memories of anything awful.

TheDodgyDunnyOfDoom · 01/11/2018 06:34

WeWill Grin Grin

TheDHand · 01/11/2018 06:39

A bottle of wine costing about £7. The donor brought it to the reception and seemed surprised when he gave it to me and I was nonplussed, standing there in my dress and veil with a bottle of red wine!